Just Bob

When I was researching that token, I ran across a picture of the actual siding for which the town was named. It was just a picture of some railroad tracks side-by-side, with no buildings remaining, so I didn't bother to post it. As for the token being unique: I appreciate the thought, and it may actually be one of only one or two known at the moment, but I have learned that it only takes one discovery of a small hoard to turn a rare token into a common one. I have had that happen on more than one occasion. Several tokens that I bought years ago, which were listed as rarity 9 or 10, and which I paid up for, are now considered common. I remember one in particular that was listed as unique. Then another example of it came up for auction. Then another, and another, then several more followed, until everyone who wanted one had bought one. Now, if one comes up for sale on Ebay or elsewhere, it usually remains unsold. What happened was that someone was digging in an old privy site, and found a bunch that had been dumped in there many years ago, after they had ceased being used. The finder was smart enough to offer them for sale one at a time, instead of dumping them on the market all at once, and was able to get good money for the first few that sold.

Are you saying that this peace dollar is legal tender, and can be used lawfully in a transaction, or taken to the bank to be exchanged for paper money or coin, or to be deposited - the same as if it were a presidential dollar with post mint damage?

Looks way off, to me.

Welcome to the forum. As noted, all three of your coins are large date varieties. Here is a picture that I "borrowed" from one of the other members here, that will show you a comparison of the large and small dates. The easiest differences to see are the shape of the "8" and "2," and the distance from the base of the "2" to the rim.

Flynn says that there were two reverses used with that obverse die, and that die #2 has an "incomplete D."

Sidings, Mississippi was established in 1889. The name was changed to Meehan Junction in 1902, and to Meehan in 1950. A local story says that the area was once Choctaw "Holy Land." The Acme Lumber company operated a yellow pine/ hardwood mill in the 1890s that produced 60,000 board feet of lumber per day. Chatham's Mississippi Token book lists a 50 cent and 10 cent token - both unique. Trantow's Lumber Company token book has the same information. The 25 cent token that I have, which, from its appearance, was found by a metal detector, is unlisted. I purchased it in 2009, and have not seen another one for sale before or since. It is possible that it is unique, or a least very rare.

I see it is taking a slight detour Down South. I only live an hour and a half from Jackson. Maybe it is headed to my house

Is that Longacre doubling?

Doubled dies are not caused by engravers or the engraving process, except possibly in the case of Class III (Design doubling, caused by re-hubbing a die with a different design - example: 1960D cent Small over Large date) or Class VII ( Modified Hub Doubling, caused when a hub is used to form a die, then repaired or otherwise modified, and re-impressed into the same die). Neither of these would be considered "intentional errors," at least in my opinion. Nor would any other of the other classes. As for your second question in the title: I suppose the Mint does not categorize their errors because they don't like to admit that they make mistakes I am not sure what your first question, about whether errors should be errors, actually means. A word of advice: be careful about using Youtube videos as a source of information. Many, if not most, videos about coins are designed to get views, not educate. And, Welcome to the Forum

Have you received your free onion yet?

PF 65*

That's a Martha Stewart dollar. "Place in a preheated oven. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour."

Three bars in Vicksburg - The Mansion House, Custis' Bar, and The Bar of the Shakespeare - issued paper Hard Times Satirical Notes in 1837, so these are the first pieces of exonumia listed in Rulau, which lists pieces chronologically. As for metal tokens, Benjamin Fotterall, seller of "silk, fancy, and staple goods of all kinds," and the Prentiss House hotel, both of Vicksburg, began issuing tokens in the early 1850s. Both listings say, "Approx 1852." I don't own a Prentiss House token, in fact have never even seen a picture of one. I do own Fotterall tokens in copper and bronze. The Prentiss House token is a $1.00 issue; the Fotterall tokens are advertising tokens, and have no face value on them. As a addendum to my last post: I had to go to Poplarville this afternoon, so I stopped by the city cemetery, and took these photos of Randolph Batson's grave:

The previous post was about Lorenzo Batson, who was the brother of this week's subject: Randolph Batson. In 1883, the two brothers built a store in Hillsdale, Mississippi, to serve the workers who were building the new roadbed for the Southern Railway. As they prospered, they began buying tracts of virgin timber. In 1893, the partnership was dissolved, and L.B moved to Millard (see previous post.) Randolph remained in Hillsdale and continued to purchase timberland, eventually owning 100,000 acres in Mississippi, and another 20,000 in Florida. In 1910, he established the Southern Lumber and Timber Company in Hillsdale, a token of which is shown in the very first post in this thread. That mill burned in 1922. In 1924, he joined with N.P. and W.H Hatten to purchase the sawmill of the Ingram-Day Lumber Company, and with it, the sawmill town of Lyman, MS. At full capacity, the Batson & Hatten mill produced 200,000 board feet of yellow pine lumber per day, and employed 500 hands. (The town of Lyman still exists today. It is located just north of Gulfport, on Highway 49.) "Ran" Batson was an influential figure in southern Mississippi, and was instrumental in replanting the forests after all of the virgin timber had been cut. At the time of his death, he owned 14,000 acres which had been replanted in pines, and stocked with deer and other wildlife, along with other pieces of property throughout south Mississippi. The octagonal lumber company tokens are known in denominations of $.05, $.25, and $1; The round mercantile tokens are known in these denominations, plus a one cent token. No ten cent tokens are known for either.

The '58D looks gold plated or maybe painted gold.

Nice group of Jeffersons.

With the terrible pictures, I am betting the seller knows exactly what he/she is selling. I am a cynic in these matters, though.

Try acetone. Short soak, then a flowing rinse.

That is Reverse Die Varity #6 (RDV-006), which was used on all Lincoln proof coins from 1989 to 2008, with the exception of the issue of 1993, and some of the 1998 and 1999 coins. As the others have said, it is the normal reverse design for the 1996 year.

Reported both items to Ebay. Other than that, I do not know what can be done.

Yep

Your half appears to have the missing lower left serif on the "I" in "LIBERTY," which is a distinguishing feature of the Accented Hair variety. Good find.

Not that it changes the cause of the condition of the OP's coin, but the Schuler presses we're not put into production until, I believe, 2002. The OP's coin would have been minted on the Bliss press, the last of which was retired in the fall of 2005. Regardless, the damage to the coin was not caused by a mint press. It is just post mint damage.

Great pics - great coins!

I waited until I could view the coin on my laptop before answering. My phone pictures weren't good enough for me to feel comfortable offering an opinion. It's a pretty coin, to be sure, but I would like it better in a 65 holder. I agree with Mark about the cheek. Here's an idea: see if you can get it for 65 money, then send it to NGC for grade review, in hopes of getting it in a 65 holder, then send it to CAC for a green bean.